This is the 1860 census of Bombay NY. The large number of French
names are sure to cause confusion to researchers using this census because
they were spelled phonetically sometimes and sometimes just by whim. Genealogists
should consult the original in any case where they suspect that a name
has been mis-spelled eiither by me or the census taker. The name "Pyrrha"
may have been "Pyrsha". House numbers in several cases (eg from 23-27)
were off by one or more with no explanation as to why. The name "Codet"
may have been "Cadet" or "Culet". Joseph Bero's wife is listed 2 doors
down, from him, but it may have been a mistake. Mrs. Bero is listed in
the midst of the Lamping children, so it may have been an error on the
part of the census taker and not a family which had split up. Luther Burnham
of Moira was the census taker and his capital "L" was almost the same as
his capital "S", so some names may be completely wrong. One example is
that "Souvain" may have been "Louvain". In other cases, his capital "B"
is the same as his capital "R", so "Risio" may be "Bisio" etc. The name
Rabideau is spelled several different ways today in Franklin Co. and the
spelling here was chosen because it appeared to be the most common. However,
any of the other spellings may be correct. It is interesting to note that
Catherine Fulton was born in New Zealand. Two women who had married Mohawks
were listed, but their husbands were not counted.